World People's Conference on Climate Change

Bolivian people, no matter how sustainably they choose to live, have no power to save their glaciers. Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. The actions causing the melting are taking place not in Bolivia but on the highways and in the industrial zones of heavily industrialized countries. When Bolivia and Ecuador refused to rubber-stamp the accord, the US government cut their climate aid by $3 million and $2.5 million, respectively.